Speed Skating at the Winter Olympic Games 2018

[intoronto 5,641]

21 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

What do you mean? Did you consider Giotto a medal contender?

On can argue his move to Canada was what saved his career.

[OlympicsFan 858]

vor 5 Minuten schrieb intoronto:

On can argue his move to Canada was what saved his career.

Thanks, didn't know Giotto trained in Canada too. Does he train with Bloemen?

Edited February 15, 2018 by OlympicsFan

[heywoodu 15,141]

28 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Bloemen is already 31 years old, so this was probably his only chance for an olympic gold, good way to retire. Gonna be interesting to see which dutch athlete Canada will naturalize next. There must be some other dutch athlete who would be willing to switch nationality for not being able to make the dutch team.

Jorrit Bergsma was (along with 2-3 other marathon skaters), who tried to make Vancouver 2010 as part of.......Kazakhstan, of all places. That didn't happen though (ISU threw up some troubles). 

[heywoodu 15,141]

27 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Bloemen's father is Canadian so it wasn't like he randomly chose the country.

 

Plus he has quite the North American accent in his Dutch (nowadays, at least)  

 

But yeah, he's not even close to those athletes who just happen to choose a certain country. He's at home there  

 

[intoronto 5,641]

9 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Thanks, didn't know Giotto trained in Canada too. Does he train with Bloemen?

Sorry I misquoted.. I was referring to Bloeman

[heywoodu 15,141]

Kramer: "I don't feel like going to Medal Plaza for silver or bronze"

Journalist: "So you let it go on purpose when you couldn't win the gold anymore?"

Kramer (with a big smile): "Well, on purpose.......hmm"

 

 

[thepharoah 2,405]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

Kramer: "I don't feel like going to Medal Plaza for silver or bronze"

Journalist: "So you let it go on purpose when you couldn't win the gold anymore?"

Kramer (with a big smile): "Well, on purpose.......hmm"

 

 

That discussion  shouldn't have come from a legend like him 

[heywoodu 15,141]

7 minutes ago, thepharoah said:

That discussion  shouldn't have come from a legend like him 

Arguably better to stay quiet about it when you're in his shoes, but if gold isn't working anymore, there is 0 reason to blow yourself up with still a mass start and team pursuit in mind just for another silver or bronze. 

[thepharoah 2,405]

2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Arguably better to stay quiet about it when you're in his shoes, but if gold isn't working anymore, there is 0 reason to blow yourself up with still a mass start and team pursuit in mind just for another silver or bronze. 

Yes he has all rights not to fight for silver and bronze ofc,  but it was better to keep it on his own , that kind of showing disrespect at least to his team mate who won silver , but at the end legends say whatever they want 

[heywoodu 15,141]

41 minutes ago, thepharoah said:

Yes he has all rights not to fight for silver and bronze ofc,  but it was better to keep it on his own , that kind of showing disrespect at least to his team mate who won silver , but at the end legends say whatever they want 

Bergsma most definitely is not a teammate of Kramer  

 

They have the same colour of jacket because it's the Olympics and that's sort of obligated, but that's it. Bergsma is as much his teammate as a random Chinese women's sprinter or a Slovak biathlete.

 

And oh well, in 2010 it was Bob de Jong loudly celebrating his bronze, which he got only because Kramer got disqualified  

Edited February 15, 2018 by heywoodu